Dreams of a Life On DVD
Would anyone miss you? Nobody noticed when Joyce Vincent died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 2003. Her body wasn’t discovered for three years, surrounded by Christmas presents she had been wrapping, and with the TV still on.
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Would anyone miss you? Nobody noticed when Joyce Vincent died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 2003. Her body wasn’t discovered for three years, surrounded by Christmas presents she had been wrapping, and with the TV still on. Newspaper reports offered few details of her life– not even a photograph. Interweaving interviews with imagined scenes from Joyce’s life, Dreams of a Life is an imaginative, powerful, multilayered quest, and is not only a portrait of Joyce but a portrait of London in the eighties—the City, music, and race. It is a film about urban lives, contemporary life, and how, like Joyce, we are all different things to different people. It is about how little we may ever know each other, but nevertheless, how much we can love.
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A very, very special movie... Film of the week
" —Danny Leigh, Film 2011
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This is a sad and intriguing story, told with imagination and care.
" —London Film Festival Sandra Hebron
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Hauntingly unforgettable
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An Authentically Moving Portrait of a forgotten life
" —IndieWIRE
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Nothing at the London film festival has lingered in my mind like this
" —Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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Riveting to watch and revealing to ponder long after it ends
" —Philip French, The Observer
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Haunting, compassionate and inventive
" —Time Out
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A bold, complex approach to documentary filmmaking
" —Little White Lies
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Carol Morley has given Joyce Vincent, in a bizarre, compelling, even loving way, a second life.
" —The Financial Times
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Dreams of a Life leaves its mark simply by making us wonder what really happened and why
" —Derek Malcolm, The Evening Standard
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A potent, achingly sad film
" —The Times
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A compelling, compassionate mix, Dreams speaks volumes about the mysteries of other people’s lives
" —Total Film
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Fascinating and haunting... will stay with you for weeks, months, maybe more
" —Anna Smith, Virgin Media
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This barely conceivable story of neglect and loneliness is given heartbreaking new life by Morley
" —Empire Magazine
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Joyce Carol Vincent: How could this young woman lie dead and undiscovered for almost three years?
— The Guardian
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Carol Morley on Dreams of a Life
— BFI
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Interview: Carol Morley on 'Dreams of a Life'
— Time Out
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Exclusive: Zawe Ashton Talks "Dreams Of A Life", Industry Struggles In The U.K., Opportunities In The U.S., And Her Plans To Make It All Work
— IndieWIRE
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'Dreams of a Life': The ghost of Christmas not so long past
— The Independent
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Full programme and extended interviews with Carol Morley and Zawe Ashton
— BBC Film 2011
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Zawe Ashton: 'It's difficult for women to admit we're not coping'
— The Guardian
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Dreams of a Life: interview with director Carol Morley
— The Telegraph
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"Dreams Of A Life" Director Carol Morley In Her own Words On The Challenges She Faced In Financing The Film
— IndieWIRE
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Carol Morley - Dreams of a Life
— LOVEFilm
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Carol Morley on Dreams of a Life
— Little White Lies
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Dreams Of A Life: This haunting film's director speaks out
— Don't Panic
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Carol Morley On Dreams Of A Life
— Empire Magazine
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Dreams Of A Life: new film explores the tragic death of Joyce Vincent
— TNT Magazine
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Interview: Dreams of a Life Director Carol Morley
— This is Fake DIY
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